diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
index d0df054b0b47..767e964ca5a2 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -1510,10 +1510,7 @@ static void omap_hsmmc_init_card(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_card *card)
 {
 	struct omap_hsmmc_host *host = mmc_priv(mmc);
 
-	if (mmc_pdata(host)->init_card)
-		mmc_pdata(host)->init_card(card);
-	else if (card->type == MMC_TYPE_SDIO ||
-		 card->type == MMC_TYPE_SD_COMBO) {
+	if (card->type == MMC_TYPE_SDIO || card->type == MMC_TYPE_SD_COMBO) {
 		struct device_node *np = mmc_dev(mmc)->of_node;
 
 		/*
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/hsmmc-omap.h b/include/linux/platform_data/hsmmc-omap.h
index e79d238ff18f..7124a5f4bf06 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/hsmmc-omap.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/hsmmc-omap.h
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ struct omap_hsmmc_platform_data {
 	/* string specifying a particular variant of hardware */
 	char *version;
 
-	/* if we have special card, init it using this callback */
-	void (*init_card)(struct mmc_card *card);
-
 	const char *name;
 	u32 ocr_mask;
 };